King, Thomas (Vol. 171) - Parker Duchemin (review date January-February 1994)
Parker Duchemin (review date January-February 1994)
SOURCE: Duchemin, Parker. “Coyote Slips across the Border.” Canadian Forum 72, no. 826 (January-February 1994): 43-4.
[In the following review, Duchemin praises King's linguistic skill as evidenced in the stories in One Good Story, That One.]
There are coyotes everywhere in [One Good Story, That One,] this new collection of stories by Thomas King, and not only in the text: pictures adorn the cover, the title page and the story headings. A live one seems to be talking enthusiastically to the author in his photograph on the dustjacket. Coyote is the trickster figure in the story-telling traditions of the Plains Indians, and her/his presence here warns us to watch out for our toes and other parts. At the end of the title story, where three anthropologists looking for traditional native stories are hoaxed with a satirical rendition of Adam and Eve (Ahdamn and Evening), the...
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